Sex-associated susceptibility in humans with chiclero's ulcer: Resistance in females is associated with increased serum-levels of GM-CSF

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 210-211

  Lezama Davila, C M ^a,b   Oghumu, S ^a   Satoskar, A R ^a   Isaac Marquez, A P ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SEX FACTORS; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 33846601437     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2006.01887.x     Document Type: Letter

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